Their winners advanced to the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The winners of the two semifinal games will advance to the College Football Playoff National Championship.
[7] On December 7, 2014, the 13-member College Football Playoff selection committee announced their final team rankings for the year.
† denotes a conference that named co-champions ‡ Georgia Southern was not bowl-eligible, due to their transition from FCS to FBS Number of bowl berths available: 76 Number of bowl-eligible teams: 81 As there were more bowl-eligible teams than bowl berths, five bowl-eligible teams did not receive a bowl berth: Number of bowl-ineligible teams: 47 † – Appalachian State (7–5), Georgia Southern (9–3, Sun Belt champions), and Old Dominion (6–6) were conditionally eligible based on win–loss record.
‡ – Idaho was ineligible for postseason play due to an insufficient Academic Progress Rate.